F minor

American  

[ef mahy-ner] / ˈɛf ˈmaɪ nər /

noun

1. Music. the key that has F as the tonic or first note of its scale and is represented by a key signature having four flats.

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Example Sentences

Andrew Clements, a music critic for the London Guardian, described the rendition on that album of Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor as “one of the greatest piano-duet recordings of all time.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022

For extra measure, Mr. Bronfman will be joined by the Israeli violinist Guy Braunstein in performances of Prokofiev’s Violin Sonatas No. 1 in F minor and No. 2 in D. At 7:30 p.m.,

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2016

The four piano chords that anchor the verses, and which are the only accompaniment for the opening minute, move from F minor to C sharp.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2015

It was originally in F minor, and it never comes down to the one chord, the F minor chord is never stated.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

The answering phrase, antithesis, is now quite different; and, in measure 48, is developed—with some new contrapuntal voices—to a half cadence in F minor.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond